The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-02-17


heat the building in which he does business. All
the tenants Will have steam heat AID possibly some
Of The adjoining tenants
The following change in the star Postal Service
in Maine is announced: Route 1876 Camden to
searsmont. From February :, iSs-, increase in
distance one-fourh mile, caused by the establish
lishmcnt and supply of post-ofice ut North Hope.
+. W. knowlton has purchased the interest Of
r. A. Conant ill the itWeill business of knoWlton
x t"nant, Malone, and is now sole proprietor The
establishment is Il fine one, and Mr.. knowton is a
rarely Skillful workman and a genial e>timahle
gentleman. Success to him, Malone, \. Y.
Palladium, Feb. s.
Invitations are being received in this city for the
coming annual ball of the Mi. club at Belfast,
This club is composed of some of the leading
Young men of that city. and its annual balls are
alwa! the event of the season there 1t is probable
that some of our society people Will attend this
year. Bangor Commercial
OWN. to the storm the Iincolnvile band did not
give the concert announced for Friday evening 1T
the Coliseum. The rink open Friday evening,
saturday and saturday evening for skating, but
was poorly patronized. The skating fever has
completely StDsitied.
The double runner and the Sled in various forms
have been out day and night the past week, and old
and young have enjoyed going down hill. The
Sliding has been done from Congress street to the
shore and the time made has exceeded that Of an
express train Strange to say no accidents have
been reported thus far.
lCE MOTIFS. Mr.. L. l.. Whittier has cut 100 tons
Of Ice in kelleys pond To be used by Mr., Charles
Lancaster in his egg business MIR. ii. +. Pierce
has taken on the first crop from his pond and last
week was cutting above the Goose river bridge
The second crop will soon be in condition to cut
The ice is of excellent quality. Mr. Pierce has
now over 10000 tons in his buildings.
ACCIDENTS. Mrs. Daniel X. Maddocks, City
Point Belfast, lady nearly 50 years of age, fell
one day last week and broke the hip bone. She
WAS changing her clothes and in stepping out OF
her skirts caught her foot and fell. Her extreme
age makes the accident q severe one Mrs W. X.
Morrison fell on the sidewalk IN front of Ellis u
Gnns store while on her way To church, Sunday,
and severely injured her spine.
Two Of our contributors are somewhat tlntalz-
ing this week. Rev. L. Gcrri-h leaves the reader
at the threshold of the wonderful Yellowstone
rark, and Fannie &. Ward tells the story of a
Mexican courtship, with the promise of an account
of the wedding next week. A chatty letter from
Portland from a veteran 'sObseryer," and matter
Of local interest, Will also be found on the first
page
lIhc fashions in shoes change as often rs other
articles Of dress, thus neceSsitating machinery
for their manufacture. Messrs. Critchett x Sibley
of the Belfast shoe factory are continually adding
new machinery, the latest being Il new crimper
The upper front of congress shoe is now made
whole and it has to he crimped the new machine
Il,
the machine the factory has to pay royalty on
every pair of shoes made.
WILL. BEN. f. IIobrook late of Knox, gives
to his wife Susannah NJ. Holbrook all his property
real and personal, except such as is hereinafter
named. To his son +. &. Holbrook he gives all
his copies of the Congressional Globe and Con
yrc-sional Record, reports, works on political and
L. 5. history. To his grandson Franklin Z. Ho
brook he gives various works on grammar and
mathematics. His wife receives all his other books
and is appointed administrators.
steamer Mount Waldo, put into Belfast sat
ursay for coal and sailed for New York Tuesday
The steamer is commanded by Capt. Ernest Pat
terSon, Il son of the former master, the late Capt
X o. Patterson. The owners of the steamer have
ordered Capt 7. to take her to New York, but it is
not yet settled who will command her in the fu
t1re Capt Thomas Clark, of Frankfort, formerly
OF Belfast, is pilot, and the engineer is Charlie,
HueWeli, recently the engineer of our shoe factory
and viii Garland, late of steamer Florence, is sec
ond engineer.
The Monson Railroad Company, according tc
the Slate has completed a contract with the Mitch
ell Construction Co. to build Its extension from
h.1,tE ..,N.t .,f
ton, ne road To be completed to Grcenyilc, Jan.
iSSs' me section from Iiartland to Wellington is
also under contract; and unless there is adverse
hSsf''"h at Augusta in the interest of the Bangor
flScafafus, Belfast will have 4 direct route to
M"osehcad lake by the LIST of Jan. 1855, and a new
section of country will he opened up to our enter
prsins business men.
Mr. Z. - Hall, of this city, has about half com
pleted his contract for the First National Bank
ph'hhS at Omaha, Nebraska. The material used
Is MI nan re'i granite from his Mt. Desert quar-
ny ana the plans Indicate magnificent structure
me basement Is rock face and above that hammer
rd stone with much carved and ornamental work
Inc main entrance is an arch containing elaborate
carvings and above is tablet containinu the words
FIRST National Bank IN raised, she'd letters with
carving between. 1t is a tribute to Maine material
and Maine Workmanship that both should be sought
for III putting up so costly a building in the far
West.
CHEAP CoAL' while other dealers in Maine and
elsewhere nave raised the price of COAL because of
the advance at the mines and the short supply oc-
'tsioned by the strikes, our local dealers Messrs
Swan y >ibiey and Ben lIazeltine, have made no
change IN thelr rates, and are retailing coal to day
based on the lowest rates with only a commission
added. Belfast is certainly highly favored in this
directi"n for the winter has been unusually severo
and this has necessarily caused an increased con
sumption of fuel Those who are able to Law +, .
full supply in the summer fall of course womb,
not be affected by higher rates later but those who
are obliged to buy in small quantities can apnreci
ate the iiberaity shown by our local dealers Tbay
would have been fully warranted in raising their
prices, as others have done, and it Is greatly to
their credit that they have not done So
RAILROAD MATTERS. The enactment q, ,no
Interstate Commerce bill will necessitate the raj,
ing of the freight tariff to Belfast and all othor
points on the coast Under this new Law, no
common carrier, which includes steamboats, nc
well as railroads, can discriminate in favor Of any
class OF community. The Maine Central has been
W lbNGTllS IdtcS 10 Belfast III order
pete with the steamboats, and sailing craft. and .
consequence has built up a large business. Some
of the interior towns have found fault because Of
this but in reality it works injustice to them
They will not get their freight any cheaper while
Belfast people will have to pay more. The result
in Belfast will be to give the steamboat more and
the railroad less business. The railroad can get
more money on less freight than heretofore, and
the hardship will fall directly the business pco.
pie of the place who will be obliged to pay heavier
charges. One of the handsomest freight ever
seen ut our station was an Oregon Short Line car
that came in last week. 1t was fitted with air
brakes and all the modern improvements. The
headquarters Of the Oregon Short Line is at Port
land, Oregon, the car had spanned the cont
ncnt. The rule at all stations is to load up cars
and send them towards home. Mr.. Crowley, at
this station, has orders not to send Grand Trunk
car east, but always to send them west Yet cars,
like the one t:ner notice, frequently stray a long
way from home.